Cadillac 2005 XLR, Owner'S Manual

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Securing a Child Restraint in the
Passenger Seat Position
Your vehicle has passenger airbags. There is an airbag
off switch in the glove box you can use to turn off the
passenger’s airbags. See Airbag Off Switch on page 1-44
for more on this, including important safety information.
Your vehicle will either have the Canadian switch design
(A) or the United States switch design (B).
A. Canadian Switch
B. United States Switch
Unless the passenger’s airbags have been turned off,
never put a rear-facing child restraint in this vehicle.
Here is why:
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CAUTION:
A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be
seriously injured or killed if the passenger’s
airbag inflates. This is because the back of the
rear-facing child restraint would be very close
to the inflating airbag. Do not use a rear-facing
child restraint in this vehicle unless the
passenger’s airbag has been turned off.
Even though the airbag off switch is designed
to turn off the passenger’s airbags under
certain conditions, no system is fail-safe, and
no one can guarantee that an airbag will not
deploy under some unusual circumstance,
even though it is turned off. We, therefore,
recommend that rear-facing child restraints be
transported in vehicles with a rear seat that
will accommodate a rear-facing child restraint,
whenever possible.
CAUTION: (Continued)
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